Education

Islamabad, October 27, 2023: USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) partner universities gathered in Islamabad this week for a workshop to kickstart strategic planning on their respective campuses. The event was led by the University of Utah. Senior administrators and faculty members from sixteen […]

Islamabad, October 25, 2023: A delegation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on Wednesday visited the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to forge an impactful collaboration aimed at fostering research, academic excellence and international cooperation. CAS delegation was led by its Vice President Prof. ZHANG […]

Islamabad, October 24, 2023: The governing body of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) – the Commission – held its 42nd meeting on Monday to discuss HEC’s policies and operations for the betterment of the higher education sector in Pakistan. Presiding the meeting, Chairman HEC Dr. […]

Islamabad, October 23, 2023: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Higher Education System Strengthening Activity, organized a strategic planning dialogue for Vice Chancellors of 16 Pakistani universities. Leaders from the public sector universities gathered to share the strategic plans that each […]

Rawalpindi, 23 October, 2023: The annual convocation week of the National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) commenced at the University’s main campus in Islamabad today. Chairman NUST Board of Governors, General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS) graced the occasion […]

Islamabad, October 22, 2023: The Higher Education Development in Pakistan (HEDP), a five-year project (2019/20-2023/24) being implemented by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) with support from the World Bank to expand upon key higher education priorities in Pakistan, has achieved over 80 per cent of […]

Urumqi OCTOBER 20 (Online): Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar reached Urumqi an autonomous region of Xinjiang during his ongoing visit to China and he visited Xinjiang University where Xinjiang University President Yao Qiang and members of Academia welcomed him. While addressing to large gathering […]

Islamabad OCTOBER 18 (Online): Science and Technology cooperation agreement between Pakistan and USA has been extended for another 5 years. An important development has come out regarding Pakistan-USA bilateral relations. Pakistani Ambassador Masood Khan and Director of State Department have signed the agreement. Science and […]

Islamabad, October 18, 2023: A delegation of senior officials from Afghanistan called on Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed at HEC Secretariat. The two sides discussed issues of mutual academic interest, including joint research programmes, student and faculty exchange efforts, training of Afghan […]

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at the Aga Khan University (AKU) recently hosted a roundtable discussion to address the details of the newly launched faculty and celebrate its inaugural batch of students, who have embarked on an inspiring journey to pursue their academic […]